The Most Famous
HANDBALL PLAYERS from Kyrgyzstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kirghiz Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 420 Handball Players, 2 of which were born in Kyrgyzstan. This makes Kyrgyzstan the birth place of the 19th most number of Handball Players behind Hungary, and Réunion.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kirghiz Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Kirghiz Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Talant Duyshebaev (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 52.32, Talant Duyshebaev is the most famous Kirghiz Handball Player. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (Russian: Талант Мушанбетович Дуйшебаев; born 2 June 1968) is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. He successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain. His most usual demarcation as a player was centre backcourt. After initially having success with BM Ciudad Real as a coach, he has been coaching Kielce for nearly a decade now.
2. Vladimir Maksimov (b. 1945)
With an HPI of 47.09, Vladimir Maksimov is the 2nd most famous Kirghiz Handball Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov (Russian: Владимир Салманович Максимов; born October 14, 1945, in Kant, Kirghiz SSR) is a Soviet and Russian handball player and coach. After his retirement as a player, he was a coach for the Russian national team, with which he won all three major titles in handball (European champion in 1996, world champion twice in 1993 and 1997 and Olympic champion in 2000). As an active player, he was on the team who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics (three matches played, fifth place) and in the 1976 Summer Olympics (gold medal).
3. Polina Kuznetsova (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 28.92, Polina Kuznetsova is the 3rd most famous Kirghiz Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Polina Viktorovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Кузнецова, IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə kʊzʲnʲɪˈtsovə], née Vyakhireva; born 10 June 1987) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and formerly the Russian national team. She won gold medals with the Russian national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2005 and 2007 world championships, and was included into the 2007 championship's All-Star Team. She retired from the national team, in August 2021. She competes internationally alongside her sister Anna Vyakhireva.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Kirghiz handball players born between 1945 and 1987. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Kirghiz handball players include Talant Duyshebaev, Vladimir Maksimov, and Polina Kuznetsova. As of April 2024, 1 new Kirghiz handball players have been added to Pantheon including Vladimir Maksimov.
Living Kirghiz Handball Players
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Talant Duyshebaev
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Vladimir Maksimov
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Polina Kuznetsova
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.92
